Long Island to Black Point

We decided to finally leave Long Island and go to Black Point in the southern Exuma's.  Rather than taking the traditional route up thru Georgetown and up the sound we opted to go west and north around the southern end or Great Exuma island. The distance was only 10 miles further but the entire trip would be on the Banks so there are not any island cuts or tide/current times to worry about.  Also our friends Jerry and Barb on Kumbaya did the route the week before and reported back that depth was not problem.

We did the trip in two days.  The first was from Thompson Bay to Rocky Point which was 63 miles and took just over nine hours.  Rocky Point is just a small rock outcropping that we anchored on the west side of to have protection from the easterly winds.  The second day we went 47 miles to Big Majors Spot which was six miles past Black Point.  We opted to go there because a cold front was coming thru and would bring west winds.  Big Majors Spot would give us much better protection.  I would rather be in 35 knots of wind from the east than 10 knots of wind from the west when down here.  There are not a lot of places to hide from westerly winds and seas.

After a couple of days at Big Majors Spot and a dinghy ride to Staniel Island we backtracked south to Black Point where we are now.  Black Point has the best laundry facilities in the Exuma's and we really needed to do laundry.  Clean sheets and clothing is such a luxury when you are out cruising.

We will stay at Black Point another night and then head north to several islands and stage for a crossing back to Florida.  It looks like we may have a good weather window in about 10 days.  We are going to travel in company with Kumbaya, Jerry and Barb at least back to Florida.  They are from the same marina that we are going back to this summer in North Carolina.

Probably no internet connection until we get back to Florida so until then there will be no updates.